| Pomacea columellaris | |
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| Shell of Pomacea columellaris | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Architaenioglossa |
| Family: | Ampullariidae |
| Genus: | Pomacea |
| Species: | P. columellaris |
| Binomial name | |
| Pomacea columellaris (A. Gould, 1848) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Pomacea columellaris is a South American species of freshwater snail in the apple snail family, Ampullariidae . [2]
Pomacea columellaris was originally described as Ampullaria columellaris by Augustus Addison Gould in 1848, based on a holotype shell collected during the United States Exploring Expedition from 1838-1842. [3] They were named for their notable columella, comparable to those of Helix land snails. [4] In 1904, Dall proposed a section or subgenus of Ampullaria (later treated as synonymous with Pomacea ) called Limnopomus , [5] with A. columellaris as the type species. [6] After 1991, Limnopomus was also considered synonymous with Pomacea. [7] [8]
The species has a heavy, oval shell with a sharp spire. [9] Its operculum is corneous and able to retract inside the shell's aperture. [9] [10] They lack an umbilicus [4] and are often yellow in color. [10]
P. columellaris is found in rivers in the highlands of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador (Pastaza Province), [11] and Peru. [5]
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